Am I the only one who doesn't believe in 'wind' and 'teething'?

[SydneyB]

I am sorry but I just don't believe in either thing. Am I the only one who thinks they are just useful terms to apply to unsettled baby behaviour and unexplained screaming? Believe me both mine were screamy babies but as far as I could tell they just needed comfort, feeding or sleep. I just find it hard to believe that the burping and farting that us adults manage perfectly happily most of the time should cause so much trouble for babies. I also don't remember having any pain at all as a child with my grown up teeth coming through so how come the first should hurt so much? Is it just grandparent 'lore' and an excuse to market a vast array of over the counter cures?

Don't know about you, but my wisdom teeth killed me when they came through.

well lucky you that your children both had no problems with either.

I had one DS that had AWFUL wind (comfort/feeding/sleeping didn't help)

1 DS that suffered from both (again those things you mentioned didn't help)

1 DS that only suffers with his teething (and even then it's not thankfully been all of them).

Yes. You probably are. I can walk fine. Have no idea why my daughter should have taken so long to get to grips with it. And wisdom teeth cutting, oh, that was a breeze too.

oh god yes - my wisdom teeth - how could I forget (oh probably because they've remained "static" for a month or so now)

lol habibu

i do - sharp things cutting through gums HURT

some babies may be worse than others though

also, wind and bloating can be painful so why not for adults?

babies can't expel their wind as easily so they can easily have a tummy full of air bubble which will cause discomfort

Second teeth don't have to cut through in the same way that first teeth do, afaik - wisdom teeth do, and boy, does it give you sympathy for babies.

Well, if adults were lying down a lot of the time, I think they might find they had more problem with wind. And second teeth come into the gaps left by the first teeth, so I think those are probably rather easier.

But they are both used to explain almost any pain or unhappiness, so to that extent I take your point.

God my tummy really, really hurts when I get trapped wind. It's not the same as needing to burp of fart which as you say comes easily (my poor husband) but sometimes it just gets, well, trapped. I imagine, if I was small and didn't know what this was, it would be pretty miserable.

Wind and teething certainly do cause babies a great deal of distress.
The op is talking rubbish ime

If I'd just had dd1 I'd agree with you, but I've got dd2 and she's having hell cutting molars atm.

I get 'wind' or 'indigestion' or some kind of pain in my stomach if i lie down too soon after eating or eat sat and my desk - only thing that helps my digestion work properly is exercise and babies don't get much of that!

Also, teething babies get red hot flushed cheeks - is that just pyschosomatic??

I'm fairly sure DD's screaming for hours every evening when she was small was because she couldn't get to grips with her farts. There was evidence.

She has no trouble with farts now

Teething isn't bothering her though [phew]

What a bizarre OP. Of course children get wind. Of course teething hurts. End of story.

OFFS, that is like me deciding the migraines don;t exhist cos I have never suffered one, or that all men are lying when they say getting kicked in the balls hurt, cos equally, I have never suffered that fate (being a woman kind of counts against me on that point tho).

we adults don;t suffer like babies with wind, cos we are NOT babies.

we can walk about and so wind is able to travel properly out of our bodies. I do still suffer tummy and wind problems tho, so I can vouch that it hurts.

and of course teething would hurt. teeny tiny new baby teeth are sharp, and hurt, as I can vouch for when mine bit me for whatever reason............pushing thru gums, daily, must really drive them to distraction.

oh wait, yeah, they DO!!!

teething hurts my 6yr old at the moment in fact, where his back molars are coming and pushing teeth about for position. and I remember the wisdom tooth pain......my 14yr old is suffering right now. (we get wisdom teeth early in our family for some reason. I was 14/15 too when mine tried to erupt, not working out well, so was 16 having them taken out).

I really think you cannot say it is all a lie just becuase you don;t believe in it. there is a lot out there that is unseen, still exists!

You might as well say "I don't believe in headaches because I've never had one". Very ecocentric opinion.

x post psycho!

I don't believe that all babies suffer wind or teething.

I have been lucky. I have only had 1 child with noticable wind problems and non of mine have been unsettled by teething.

Doesn't mean I don't "believe in it" though.

nicky, you were a tad more concise than me (and my rant)

Sorry OP, I think you are wrong. Babies are different from adults

Children do differ in the amount of teething pain and /or win they experience, though.

SydneyB I disagree with your post. Babies DO get wind and teething which makes them uncomfortable.

However, I also agree with the idea that very often mothers will interpret their babies behaviour for this when in fact they just need feeding.

I think this stems from people not having very realistic expectations of newborn behaviour (due to the way society is organised) and if the baby is screaming AGAIN after having fed many times that evening just cannot believe it is hunger and therefore consider it to be colick, teething etc. etc.

I am now wondering tho if yours did suffer, but cos you were feeling all smug about not believing in it, so never gave them any help with releiving it or dulling the pain.

poor babies if so

the other night my 1 year old kept waking up crying, i lifted him up, he did a big burp and then slept for the rest of the night, go figure.

I agree with the OP!

Wind is often a way of dismissing proper digestive problems (e.g. cows milk intolerance; generally immature digestion).

Teething - IMO - is a catch all for crying and unsettled. My friends tend to say 'teething' when I would say 'growth spurt' or 'feeling sensitive' or 'under the weather' or 'got out of the wrong side of bed' .

I've plenty of days myself when my head aches, and everything gets on my nerves. Must be all the more so when you're a baby with very little control of your environment, growing fast.